Georgia speculation unveiled
Subtitle: in two numbers
By: by Abraham Bishop.
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); William Duane Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Elisha Babcock ...
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Hartford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Georgia Mississippi Company -- Early works to 1800.; New England Mississippi Land Company -- Early works to 1800.; State of facts.; Yazoo Fraud, 1795.
Notes: Evans 31830, 33425
Relates to the second "Yazoo" sale, whereby Georgia disposed of 22 million acres of her western lands to four land companies in Jan. 1795. The sale was annulled Feb. 1796, but not before the Georgia Mississippi Company, one of the four, had disposed of a part of its holdings to the New England Mississippi Land Company.
Four numbers in two parts, paged continuously.
Pt. 2 has subtitle: Second part, containing the third and fourth numbers, with a conclusion addressed to the Northern purchasers.
Pt. 2 has imprint: Hartford : Printed by Hudson & Goodwin.
"Answer to the 'State of facts,' published by the Georgia companies"--P. [2].